Irrigation as Western Canada’s Prosperity Engine
A speaker extols irrigation transforming 12,000,000 acres into productive land. He cites drought relief costs in Saskatchewan and Alberta, calls for Dominion funding, and argues irrigation will expand crops, power, population, and trade, contrasting deserts with Canada’s snowbound Rockies. The question ends: will Western Canada champion irrigation?
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Western
Canada
Manitoba
Chamber of Commerce
Joaquin
King’s River
Canadian
Arctic
Hudson's Bay
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Meek
Western Canada
St. Mary and
Milk Rivers
Lethbridge
Europe
Asia
California
Prairie Provinces
Winnipeg
Brandon
Regina
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Calgary
United States
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
Bank of Canada
Vitamin C in Potatoes Boosts Daily Health
An article explains that a medium potato provides about one third of daily Vitamin C if baked steamed or boiled with skins on. Proper cooking preserves ascorbic acid while overcooking or boiling in open water destroys it. skins add minerals and improve teeth and bone formation.
Evans Wins Banana Bet In Goshen Feat
Ernest Evans aged 20 accepted a store challenge to eat 10 pounds of large South American bananas. He consumed 23 bananas and won the bet in Goshen Indiana.
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Goshen
Ind
Ernest Evans
Evans
Crossword puzzle clues mixed with misc entries
A jumble of crossword clues listed in horizontal and vertical sections. The grid includes references to numbers, languages, a river, cities, chemicals, and periods of action, with several entries like to land and to imitate.
Early Use of Hemp Derivative Hashish as Anesthetic
In 200 B.C. Hua, a Chinese physician, used hashish a drug from hemp as an anesthetic, marking an ancient application of hemp derivatives in medicine.
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Hua
Eleven held for trial in Eva Peron assassination plot
Eleven men were ordered held for trial in Buenos Aires on charges tied to an alleged plan to kill Eva Peron, wife of Argentina’s president. The judge cited evidence the plot aimed to trigger an armed uprising against the government.
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Eva
Buenos Aires
Eva Peron
Argentina
Safety rules for children crossing to school
Advice on how children should travel to and from school in town or country. Look both ways, cross at corners, walk rather than run, and use the left side on country roads. Emphasizes careful behavior and awareness of traffic.
Britain reports record honey harvest this year
Bee-keepers claim one of Britain’s best honey seasons. Mrs Albert Clark of Swanton Ermont finishes re ing the Bible in Braille. Bomb disposal teams at Ousden Hall reveal a 500 pound World War II bomb after three weeks digging.
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Britain
Albert Clark
Swanton, Ermont
Ousden Hall
Suffolk
England
Theft at Worcester Police HQ Over Soap Shortage
A Worcester police station posted a humorous notice over a washbasin urging officers to steal soap and deprive the department of soap for the week, illustrating a lighthearted response to a supply shortage.
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Worcester
Mass
Australia to Sell 302 400 Tons Wheat to France
Paris reports Australia has an agreement with France to deliver 302400 tons of wheat to support France’s bread ration. Payment is at the US wheat price of 107 dollars per ton on delivery, with deliveries to begin by the end of November.
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Australia
France
Paris
Agence France-Press
United States
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Lis
Little Reggie
Margarita
Mrs Hightower
Are Reginald
Priscilla
Hazel
Waldo
al Vermeer
JihYy
Howe
Moscow Radio
Russia
Elizabeth
Mogok
Upper
Burma
Sheila Marwood
Sunderland
Percy Edwards
Wales
West Grinstead
Surrey
W. Benink
British Radio Industry Council
General Foods
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